(October 5, 2018, 9:02 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A federal judicial panel on Oct. 3 centralized 21 federal cases involving the Zimmer M/L Taper, Kinectiv and VerSys metal-on-metal hip devices before U.S. Judge Paul A. Crotty of the Southern District of New York (In Re: Zimmer M/L Taper Hip Protheses Products Liability Litigation, MDL Docket No. 2859, JPMDL)....